CGA overview

ORGANIC RELATIONSHIP

The Departamento de Apoio à Caixa Geral de Aposentações (DAC) is a Caixa Geral de
Depósitos (CGD) department, what makes it structurally dependent of CGD Board of Directors.
In what concerns its activity, it's the CGA Board that rules.

MAIN GOALS

To grant, on behalf of CGA, the following benefits:

Retirement pensions to civil servants;

Survivor pensions to their dependants;

Other minor pensions.

To manage and control employers and employees contributions;

To assist in the drafting of civil servants pension scheme regulations;

To provide all the necessary means to have CGA accounting done in accordance with the principles of sound financial management.

ORGANIGRAM

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Support division - NA

Technical / administrative and secretary support to the Executive Team;

Administrative support to Offices;

Maintenance of CGA library.

PLANNING AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE - GAC-1

Prepares annual activity plans and budget and presents its reports;

Controls the use of budget appropriations and both expenditure and revenue in accordance with the principles of sound financial management;

Provides financial analysis and statistics about CGA pension scheme;

Supervision of the accounting division.

ACCOUNTING DIVISION

Transfers by Branch Subdivision

Classifies and registers expenditure and revenue documents received from Caixa Geral de Depósitos
(CGD) branches;

Performs a monthly checking of CGA current account in what concerns debt payments and interests.

Current Accounts Subdivision

Controls current accounts;

Calculates interests on late payments;

Provides debt payment plans and controls its amortization;

Certifies the contributory situation of each scheme member.

Accounting Subdivision

Accounts all CGA operations - general and budget accounting;

Provides the necessary data for the elaboration of annual budget and budgetary corrections / for the estimation of the value to include in State Budget for civil servants pension scheme;

Organizes the accounting report files that are to be sent to the Court of Auditors;

Performs all other activities related to bookkeeping.

ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATICS OFFICE - GAC-2

Studies and makes suggestions about how to improve CGA services;

Development and implantation of computer systems (both hardware and software) convenient to CGA reality;

Provides software support;

Helps CGA personnel using the available informatic tools;

Studies and proposes pension claim forms and templates;

Ensures the necessary cooperation with other CGD departments, social security pension fund (manages private workers pension scheme) and other public entities.